​​​Home on the Range

You're not the only one looking for room to roam. The American Bison once graced our country in numbers of almost 60 million. When unregulated and excessive hunting brought that number drastically down, some Texans took it upon themselvs to conserve this national symbol of the open range. Acccording to Jose Musico of the Dallas Morning News, Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight opened thier ranch to save and preserve the bison a full century before the Endangered Species Act. The official Texas bison herd is maintained in Caprock Canyon, north of Lubbock. Maintaining a bison herd, for conservation and most recently ranching purposes, is unique compared to that of cattle or horse ranching. Nourished Kitchen, most notably known for reviving traditional foods, vistited a commerical bison ranch...

The Texas Experience

Considering a move to ranch life in the great state of Texas? One way to experience the beauty and solitude of the Texas landscape is to visit a state park. Many are former ranch tracts themselves, according to the Texas State Library, dontated in the early 1900's when the state's parks department was in it's infancy. You can experience every type of landscape Texas has to offer; the Mountains of the Big Bend Ranch Park, the canyons of Palo Duro Canyon Park, and most recently, the presteen coast line of the Powderhorn Ranch. The Nature Conservancy boasts that "the Powderhorn Ranch is one of the largest remaining, undisturbed tracts of native coastal prairie habitats left in Texas." This land is the newest Texas ranch turned state park set to open to the public in 2018.​Pam LeBlanc, of the Austin American Statesman, reported on the Texas Parks and Wildlife land aquisition and its value to Texas' cultural and ecological conservancy. Follow the link below for the full article.​http://www.mystatesman.com/news/lifestyles/recreation/powderhorn-ranch-coastal-land-set-to-become-texas-/npsWp/